Gatas Parlament () is a Norwegian group of rap artists. It consists of the brothers Aslak and Elling Borgersrud, together with the DJ Don Martin. All three have strong left-leaning political views, and make their feelings on many things, including American president George W. Bush, well known through their lyrics. Elling Borgersrud has stood for national election as a minor political candidate for the Red Electoral Alliance. Most of Gatas Parlaments music can be downloaded in mp3-format completely free of charge from their official website. History Gatas Parlament claim to be the first Norwegian rappers actually to rap in Norwegian, although they were preceded by Ståle Stiil, whose album Yo was released in 1992. The pioneers of Norwegian Rap, such as Warlocks or A-Team, rapped in English. Gatas Parlament started out in 1993, taking the name Kveldens Høydepunkt (Highlight of the Night).

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